USA vs EURO

[Word]

If this is going to happen, we need to get organized and set some rules.

copy and paste the ladle rules?

First of all, is this going to be a community-driven tourney like the Ladle or is this going to be set up by Word?

i have enough other things to do at the moment
if you don't like the voting method suggest something better please...

[ppotter]

What about if anyone interested signs up for their respective continent, then players from that continent vote 1 player from the list to be captain. Then the captain picks his preferred 6/8 players. Seems the simplest way to me.

[theroze]

EDIT: What potter said.

[Tremor]

How about you make this an open sign up for USA and Euro continent.

You have two dates, one day is the actual USA vs Euro match, but a date that is about two weeks prior to that is a practice/tryout date.

On the tryout date, the people who signed up basically try out for the team. We basically can have people who are coaches and spectators judge who they think performed the best during the practices.

Basically a lot people people might want to compete for each continent so it would be USA vs USA and in another server Euro vs Euro and the best people in who contributed to their team not just the winning team but from both teams get to play in the official USA vs Euro matchup representing their continent.

The only problem is finding unbiased coaches that have adequate amount of fort knowledge and there will have to be a number of them to watch the whole fort match and judge.

[Titanoboa]

tremor: too much work, not gonna happen

Edit: Saw it now, Deidara.

[Deidara]

Ive hijacked and make a topic. Go look.

[ That is, here: America vs Europe: Sign-ups and Nominees! --epsy ]

[Cody <3]

How about this, lets make this the best of USA and the best of EURO and have them vs each other

set up a 1v1 fort bracket.

USA vs USA for the 6 or 8 spots that are open for USA Fort Team

EURO vs EURO for the 6 or 8 spots that are open for the EURO Fort Team

1 match , 10 rounds , one player defends(even/odd rounds) one player attacks(even/odd rounds)

so if player A defends on round 1 he or she will defend on odds and if player B attacks round 1 then he or she will defend even rounds.

this tournament shouldn't take longer then ladle(heck maybe shorter)

One day USA will do the 1v1 bracket in USA times, and then the next day EURO can do their bracket on their time, that way everyone can get a chance to try out.

Now you're probably thinking how are we going to find the 6-8 ppl out of 1 bracket tournament, easy when it gets down to 1v1-1v1-1v1-1v1 they all have made it to the TEAM. Now we'll continue the bracket til its 1v1 and they will fight for the "captain position"

Now if we decide to do a 6v6 we'll wait til it gets down to 1v1-1v1-1v1-1v1 NOW here were it gets tricky. we'll go ahead and play out this bracket.(the 1v1-1v1-1v1-1v1) and then we'll compare dump points, the top 6 get in, and if theres any tie, they have to do a 5 round knock out.

after the 6 get in, these guys/gals will be your 6 person fort team! after this the bracket is going to be 1v1-1v1-1v1
after that bracket there should now be 3 players, 1v1v1 Okay now this is going to be fun cause they can either A)agree out of the 3 whos better captain B) decide which two should 1v1 C) they all 1v1 each other i.e(player 1 vs player 2) after that (player 2 vs player 3) after that (player 1 vs player 3)
these matches will be 5 rounds long, the player that wins both his/her match up wins.

Player 1 beats player 2 =player 1(1)
player 2 beats player 3 =player 2(1)
player 1 beats player 3 =player 1(2)<captain.

THIS way is the best to make a USA or EURO team so when it comes to USA VS EURO it will be an epic match of the selection of the "best"

[Titanoboa]

But I want sweepers on my team!

(@Cody if it isn't clear)

[compguygene]

I have given the 1v1 fortress thing a lot of thought in the past, ever since Liz brought it up. It would be very easy for me to take the time to setup a dozen or more of the needed servers for that, as long as you guys do all the organizing. I have servers for my own personal use in Los Angeles, Texas, Philadelphia, Manchester UK, and Frankfurt Germany. These servers only are for tournaments and TheServerPharm servers that I take down during tournaments.
On a side note. Awesome looking site, liz. Best wishes to you with it.